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Vegetative state refers to the neurocognitive status of individuals with severe brain damage, in whom physiologic functions (sleep-wake cycles, autonomic control, and breathing) persist, but awareness (including all cognitive function and emotion) is abol...
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Persistent Vegetative State (from Chronic Damage)
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Coma and persistent vegetative state data compiled by The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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A look at coma and persistent vegetative state. Includes a discussion on treatments and prognosis.
World Medical AssociationWorld Medical Association
WMA policy: Statement on persistent vegetative state. Includes a definition, recovery and guidelines.
Responding to Patients in the Persistent Vegetative State - An Ethical and Legal  Dilemma.Responding to Patients in the Persistent Vegetative State - An Ethical and Legal Dilemma.
This article was published in Philosophia Christi 19.2 (Fall 1996): 55-83. This journal is a publication of the Evangelical Philosophical Society.

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